ISBN:
9789047420552
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9047420551
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9789004160934
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9004160930
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 288 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
[Place of publication not identified] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Laqua-O'Donnell, Simone Witchcraft, gender and society in early modern Germany. By Jonathan B. Durrant. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions. History, Culture, Religion, Ideas, 124.) Pp. xxvii+288 incl. 2 tables, 2 maps and 5 ills. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2007. €99. 978 90 04 16093 4; 1573 4188 2011
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Watt, Jeffrey R. [Rezension von: Durrant, Jonathan B., Witchcraft, Gender and Society in Early Modern Germany] 2009
Series Statement:
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions v. 124
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Durrant, Jonathan B. (Jonathan Bryan) Witchcraft, gender, and society in early modern Germany
Keywords:
Witchcraft History 17th century
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Trials (Witchcraft) 16th century
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Trials (Witchcraft) 17th century
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Sex role Religious aspects
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Witchcraft History 16th century
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Catholicism history
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Gender Identity
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History, 16th Century
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History, 17th Century
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Social Conditions history
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Witchcraft history
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Women
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Magick Studies
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Witchcraft & Wicca
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HISTORY ; Renaissance
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Sex role ; Religious aspects
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Social conditions
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Trials (Witchcraft)
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Witchcraft
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Hekserij
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Sekseverschillen
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Sociale aspecten
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Geschlechterrolle
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Hexenverfolgung
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Sozialgeschichte
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Hexenverfolgung ; Geschlechterrolle ; Deutschland ; Eichstätt (Bistum) ; Geschichte ; 1590-1630
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Eichstätt
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Germany
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Germany ; Eichstätt (Landkreis)
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Eichstätt
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Hochstift Eichstätt
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Eichstätt (Bistum) ; Hexenverfolgung ; Sozialgeschichte ; 1590-1630
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History
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Germany Social conditions 16th century
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Germany Social conditions 17th century
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Germany
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Abstract:
"Recent witchcraft historiography, particularly where it concerns the gender of the witch-suspect, has been dominated by theories of social conflict in which ordinary people colluded in the persecution of the witch sect. The reconstruction of the Eichstatt persecutions (1590-1631) in this book shows that many witchcraft episodes were imposed exclusively 'from above' as part of a programme of Catholic reform. The high proportion of female suspects in these cases resulted from the persecutors' demonology and their interrogation procedures. The confession narratives forced from the suspects reveal a socially integrated, if gendered, community rather than one in crisis. The book is a reminder that an overemphasis on one interpretation cannot adequately account for the many contexts in which witchcraft episodes occurred."--Jacket
Abstract:
Ch. 1: Witch-hunting in Eichstatt -- ch. 2: The witches -- ch. 3: Friends and enemies -- ch. 4 : Food and drink -- ch. 5: Sex -- ch. 6: Health -- ch. 7: The abuse of authority -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 The interrogatory of 1617 -- Appendix 2 Occupations of suspected witches or their households.
Abstract:
List of tables, maps and illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I -- Chapter One : Witch-hunting in Eichstltt -- The background -- Witch-hunting in Eichstatt, 1590-1616 -- Witch-hunting in Eichstatt, 1617-1631 -- The pattern of witch-hunting in Eichsttt -- Chapter Two : The witches -- The authorities and the gender of the witch -- The interrogatory and the course of the witch interrogations -- Denunciations -- Denunciations -- the role of the interrogators -- Denunciations -- the role of the witch-suspect -- The social status of the witch -- Conclusion -- PART II -- Chapter Three : Friends and enemies -- Methodology -- The witch and her denouncers -- Barbara Haubner and her denouncers -- Michael Hochenschildt and his denouncers -- Margretha Geiger and her denouncers -- Walburga Knab -- Christoph Lauterer -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four : Food and drink -- Food and drink -- Feasting -- Chapter Five : Sex -- Diabolical seduction -- Same-sex sexual relations -- Fornication and adultery -- Prostitution -- Bestiality and incest -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six : Health -- Healing -- Midwives -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven : The abuse of authority -- The investigation -- Georg Mayr's visit -- Maria Mayr's infidelity -- The warders' abuses -- Fear -- Conclusion -- Witchcraft -- Gender and society -- Appendix 1 The interrogatory of 1617 -- Appendix 2 Occupations of suspected witches or their households -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
Using the example of Eichstatt, this book challenges witchcraft historiography by arguing that the gender of the witch-suspect was a product of the interrogation process and that the stable communities affected by persecution did not collude in its escalation
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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In English
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